Means for applying handles to sheet-metal vessels.



No; 846,435. PATENTED MAR. 55, 1907.

. G. W. WEBER. v MEANS FOR APPLYING HANDLES T0 SHEET METALVESSELS.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1906.

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GEORGE W. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNOR TO AMERICAN OAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N..Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MEANS FOR APPLYING HANDLES TO SHEETFIVIETAL VESSELS.

No. 846335. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 5, 1907.

Original application filed December 6, 1905, Serial No. 290,510. Divided and this application filed Aug-11st 3,1906. Serial lilo-329,008.

T 107w??? it y concern: socket or channel a having openings a at its Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WEBER, a ends to receive the pivot ends or members I) citizen of the United States, residing in New of the wire handle or bail B. The wire han- York, in the county of New York and State die or bail B is provided with a reverse bend 5 of New York, have invented a new and useful I) at its middle portion to open apart, spread, Improvement in Means for Applying Hanor separate the pivot ends 6 b sufficiently to dles to Sheet-Metal Vessels, of which the foladapt them to enter the socket-openings a a lowing is a specification. at the extremities of the pivot-socket a on 6 My invention relates to improvements in the vessel A. When this reverse bend b is 10. means for applying handles to sheet metal again straightened out or partially straightvessels. ened out, the pivot ends of the handle are My invention consists, in connection with thus inserted through the openings a a in a sheet-metal vessel, to which the handle is the vessel and the pivot ends again brought applied, provided with a recess or depression into alinement with eachother. The recess or 15 on its inner side and a straight partially depression a on the inner side of the vessel round pivot-socket having openings at the which receives the reinforcing-plate forms a ends thereof for. insertion of the straight raised portion a on the outside of the vessel,

pivot members of a wire handle, of a Wire and when the handle is turned down, as handle having pivot members inserted shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the handle 20 through said Openings and fitting in said surrounds this offset or raised portion, so socket, said vessel having on the inside at the that the raised portion does not prevent the portion thereof towhich the handle is applied handle from folding or turning down flat.

a cap-groove and a supplemental cap sol- The raised or Oiiset portion a may preferably 7 5 dered thereto to prevent leakage at the pivotbe as large as will permit the handle to sur- 2 o enin 's of the socket. round the same when turned or folded down.

My invention also consists in thenovel con- D is a reinforcing-plate which is preferably struction of parts and devices and in the employed, the same being preferably of recnovel combination of parts and devices heretangular form and which fits in the recess (1,, in shown and described. formed on the inside of the vessel, and within 0 In the accompanying drawing, forming a the marginal wall a of said recess and which part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side is provided with a longitudinal channel or elevation of a sheet-metal vessel-embodying groove (Z, having flanges or shoulders d d at my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectionon the middle portion thereof for the extremities 5 line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on of the pivot members I) b of the handle to 3 5 line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail section on abut against, and thus prevent the slipping of line 4 4 of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the handle in respect to the vessel or recep the wire handle or bail,. showing the same tacle A. The reinforcing-plate D is also with its pivot members open or separated preferably furnished with an integral flap or and ready to be applied to thepivot-socket fold D, which after the parts are assembled is 0 of the vessel. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of. stamped or closed down against the plate the reinforcing-plate, and Fig. 8 is a detail D, and thus embraces and covers the pivot section on line 8 8 of Fig. 1. portion of the handle. The reinforcing- In the drawing, Arepresents a sheet-metal plate D, fitting in the recess a of the can or can or vessel having a body A and upper vessel and having the groove or channel cl to 45 head A toboth of which my improved wire receive the pivot portion of the handle, not handles or bails B are preferably applied for only serves to lock and hold the handle in convenience in handling and tilting the cans place, but also distributes the strain of the or vessels A, which are frequently of large handle over the recess portion of the can or Ico size. To secure the wire handle B rigidly vessel, and. thus prevents the handle from 50 and firmly to the vessel A, I provide it on the tending to draw out or break the sheet metal inside thereof with a rectangular recess or of the can or vessel at the openings a a depresstion a and with an integral pivot therein through which the pivot ends of the handle are inserted and against the surrounding margins of which openings the strain of the handle would chiefly come but for the plate D, interposed between the pivot members of the bail or handle and the recessed portion of the vessel or receptacle A. The recess or depression a in the portion of the vessel A to which the handle is to be applied is preferably in depth substantially half the diameter of the wire handle, so that the pivot socket or channel a for thehandlewire need only be in depth about half the diameter of the handle-wire. The recess a thus obviates the necessity of making the socket-groove a in depth the full diameter of the handle-wire and prevents excessive strain upon and danger of breaking the stock in the stamping operation.

I provide the portion of the vessel to which the handle is to be applied with a supple mental cap F, soldered or otherwise secured thereto and preferably upon the inside thereof. A cap-groove a is formed on the inside of the vessel to receive the rim or flange of the cap F, the cap being preferably a solder-hemmed cap to facilitate its being readily soldered in place by machinery, as I prefer to secure the cap F in place by soldering. The cap F, soldered or otherwise tightly secured on the vessel, thus prevents leakage at the socket-openings a for the handle.

This is a division of my original application, Serial No. 290,510, filed December 6, 1905.

I claim 1. The combination with a sheet-metaf vessel provided with a recess of depression on the inner side, and a pivot-socket having openings at the ends thereof for insertion of the pivot members of a wire handle, of a wire handle having pivot members inserted through said openings and fitting in said socket, said vessel having on the inside at the portion thereof to which the handle is applied a cap-groove and a supplemental cap soldered thereto, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a sheet-metalvessel provided with a recess or depression on its inner side, and a straight pivot-socket having openings at the opposite ends thereof for insertion of the pivot members of a wire handle, of a wire handle having straight pivot mem bers inserted through said openings and fitting end to end in said socket, and a cap soldered on the inside of the vessel at the portion thereof to which the handle is applied to prevent leakage at the socket-openings for the handle, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a can or receptacle provided with an integral pivot-socket having openings at the opposite ends thereof for insertion of the pivot members of a wire handle, of a spring-wire handle having straight pivot members inserted through said openings and fitting end to end in said socket, said handle having a middle portion provided with a reverse bend toward the pivot members and a cap secured on the inside of the vessel at the portion thereof to which the handle is applied to prevent leakage at the socketopenings, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a sheet-metal vessel provided with a cap secured thereto at the portion thereof to which the handle is to he applied, of a part-round pivot-socket for the pivot memlt ers of the handle, having openings at the opposite ends thereof for insertion of the pivot memlrers of a wire handle, and a wire handle having open or separated straight pivot members inserted through said openings at the ends of the pivot-socket and fitting end to end in said pivot-socket, said handle having a middle portion provided with a reverse bend toward the pivot members, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a sheet-metal vessel provided with a cap secured thereto at the portion thereof to which the handle is to be applied, of a pivot-socket for the pivot members of the handlehavlng openings at the ends thereof l or insertion of the pivot memhers of a wire handle, and awire handle hav ing open or separated pivot members inserted through said openings at the ends of the pivot-socket and fitting in said pivotsocket, and lips or shoulders in said pivotsocket for the extremities of the pivot memrersof the handle to abut against, substanti ally as specified.

6. The combination with a sheet-metal vessel having an open-ended pivot-socket to receive the straight pivot members of a wire handle, of a wire handle having straight pivot memb ers fitting in said sockets, a shoulder in said socket at the middle portion thereof for the ends of the pivot members of the handle to abut against, and a supplemental cap secured to the vessel at the portion thereof to which the handle is applied, substantially as specified.

GEORGE W'. WEBER.

Witnesses:

F. D. THROOP, EDMUND ADCOOK. 

